McMurdo Sound
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noun
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In 2006 and 2007, drilling in McMurdo Sound off the coast of Antarctica in an area influenced by both of the continent's large ice sheets recovered detailed sediment records from the Miocene, close to the ice sheet.
From Science Daily
Erebus, seawater from McMurdo Sound, and soil from Ross Island and the Dry Valleys.
From Salon
Along the distant shore, where the Victoria Range jutted out of McMurdo Sound, the only color came from black volcanic rock and the atmosphere's pallid blue arc.
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The C130 Hercules military aircraft carrying Ardern encountered poor weather at McMurdo Sound in Antarctica, the location of several international research stations, according to a government statement.
From Reuters
PM-3A, nicknamed Nukey Poo, was installed at the Navy base at Antarctica's McMurdo Sound.
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